Method of ornamenting fur-skins.



No. 893,372. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

T. RASMUS.

METHOD OF ORNAMENTING PUB. SKINS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1907.

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INVENTOB F I m o p ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THEOPHIL RASMUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. METHOD OF ORNAMENTING FUR-SKINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed August 5, 1907. Serial No. 387,154.

invented a new and useful Improvement inthe Methods of Ornamenting Fur-Skins, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a means whereby the badger hairs that are inserted as tips in artificial black foX and lynx furs, will appear white at their outer ends only, the remaining portions of said inserted hairs being of the same color as that of the fur of the skin, so that while white tips will appear at the surface of the fur when the fur is blown aside, the inserted hairs cannot be distinguished from the fur, thus giving a natural appearance to the skin.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of referencev indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bunch of natural badger hairs; Fig. 2 is a similar View of said hairs prepared for insertion in the fur and Fig. 3 is illustrative of a piece of fur hav ing treated hairs inserted, showing the natural appearance of the treated skin when the fur is disturbed.

Heretofore in the treatment of fur skins dyed black to imitate the skins of the black fox and lynx, badger hairs A in their natural state have been inserted in the fur to complete the deception, but whenever the fur has been disturbed or blown aside the inserted hairs being white or of a light color, appear throughout their length and are conspicuously and markedly in contrast to the black fur 10, which is not natural, since the hair in the genuine skin is white at its outer ends only, being otherwise black or very dark.

In order that the inserted hairs shall have a natural appearance, I treat the hair before insertion as shown at B in Fig. 2, the outer end portions 11 being left white or in their.

natural state, while the remaining portions 12 are colored black, or are given a color corresponding to that of the fur 10 with which the hairs are to be intermingled. Thebadger hairs are distributed in the usual manner and are secured as customary to the skin, and when the badger hairs are secured in position the white tips or outer ends of the inserted hairs appear conspicuously upon the surface of the fur, but when the fur is brushed aside they cannot be distinguished from the fur, rendering the imitation complete and adding materially to the commercial value of the treated skin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

The method of ornamenting fur skins, which consists in inserting hairs having white tips and having the rest of their length artificially colored to correspond to the color of the fur of the skin being treated and attaching them to the skin.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

THEOPHIL RASMUS.

Witnesses:

J. FRED ACKER, JOHN P. DAVIS. 

